CALIBER FAST SERVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06679531 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-22
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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  2. 2024-09-11
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  3. 2023-08-02
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  4. 2022-09-07
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  5. 2021-12-06
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-10-07
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  8. 2018-06-27
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  9. 2017-06-21
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  10. 2016-08-10
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  11. 2015-08-28
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  12. 2015-07-08
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  13. 2014-10-17
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  14. 2014-10-17
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  15. 2014-10-17
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  16. 2008-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CALIBER FAST SERVE LIMITED
  17. 2008-08-22
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    BROWN, Pauline Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-08-22
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    BROWN, John Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-22
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    BROWN, Pauline Jean appointed
    director
  20. 2008-08-22
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-08-22
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-08-22
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-08-22
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Michael Brown
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mrs Pauline Jean Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

1386 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Pauline Jean→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-22
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Active
BROWN, John Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-08-22
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Active
BROWN, Pauline Jean→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-08-22
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-22 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-22 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2025-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-09-11
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2023-08-25
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2023-08-02
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2022-09-07
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2022-08-22
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2021-12-06
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2021-09-01
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2020-09-30
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2020-09-03
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2019-10-07
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2019-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-24